Press Release

Analog Devices Named Among World’s 100 Most Innovative Companies For Second Year In A Row

15 Jan 13 - Norwood, MA

Analog Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), a global leader in high-performance signal processing technology, was named one of the world's most innovative companies according to the Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator SM program. The program analyzes patent data and related metrics using a proprietary methodology to identify the organizations that lead the world in innovation activity. This is the second straight year that Analog Devices was so honored.

The Thomson Reuters report announcing the 2012 listing stated, "Being recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator is a prestigious distinction. It confirms an organization’s commitment to progressing innovation globally, to the protection of ideas and to the commercialization of inventions. The Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovators are the world leaders in innovation."

To compile the 2012 list, Thomson Reuters analyzed patent data, including the volume of patents filed, with all organizations having filed 100 or more innovative patents during the past three years. The report also considered how successful companies were in securing patents, the influence of patents in subsequent inventions and whether the patents were globally protected.

About Analog Devices

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on
which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest
growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged
industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning
technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers,
representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Analog
Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design
and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices is
included in the S&P 500 Index.